Pole Position II

Pole Position II is a racing video game. It was published by Namco in Japan, China and Europe and Atari, Inc. in North America. The game was developed by Namco.^[1]

Pole Position II
Developer(s)	Namco
Publisher(s)	Namco (JP/CHN/EU) Atari, Inc. (NA) Atari Corporation (7800)
Designer(s)	Toru Iwatani
Platform(s)	Arcade Atari 7800 Commodore 64 Epoch Super Cassette Vision MS-DOS
Release	JP: June 24, 1983 NA: October 1983 WW: 1983
Genre(s)	Racing (simulation)
Mode(s)	Single-player

It was released on June 24, 1983 in Japan,^[2] in October 1983 in North America,^[3] and in 1993 in the rest of the world.^[4] The game was released for Arcade systems, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, Epoch Super Cassette Vision and MS-DOS.

Differences from the original game include different color schemes for the vehicles, more difficulties, and different cosmetic changes like pieces of the car and other debris appearing when either the car crashes or an explosion happens.^[5]

It is the sequel to the 1982 game Pole Position.

Reception

The game recieved positive reviews by game critics. Critics said that they liked the new tracks and environments that were added. However, critics also felt that the game was a little too high priced.^[6][7]